Dumpster Day

Annually, WGNO oversees a city-funded program whereby neighborhood residents can bring a wide array of disposables to a line-up of dumpsters, at Richmond Park, and dispose of them. Almost anything can be discarded as long as it is non-toxic, excluding car batteries, gas-powered items, paint cans, tv's and tires.

In order to participate in Dumpster Day you must be a West Grand Neighborhood resident.

Our Dumpster Day occurs in the Fall. If you would like to know when the next Dumpster Day will be, like us on our Facebook page and watch our events or check our calendar. The event will get posted one to two weeks before the day.

Volunteers

This event has volunteers donating their time to help with directing traffic and signing people in.

Need Trash Service or Waste Disposal Right Now?

    • Request trash/recycling service from the city by going to: Request Trash Service

    • Recycling: Recycling in Grand Rapids is FREE.

    • Trash service: Trash Service through the City of Grand Rapids is pay per tip of the can.

      • You must have funds in your trash account 2-3 days before your trash day in order to get it tipped on trash day.

      • If your trash does not get picked up on trash day and you have money on your account, the following weekday morning you should call 311 and let them know that your trash was not picked up.

    • Get tags from the City of Grand Rapids for bulk items, learn more here: Bulk Items, Yard Waste and Others They now offer the tag and trash bags for sale online!

    • If you have access to a vehicle or trailer, Pitsch - Richmond Transfer Station at 675 Richmond NW charges a fee depending on your load size or the items. This option is sometimes cheaper than getting a city tag which you can see at their page along with business hours here: Pitsch Transfer Station

    • If you have Scrap Metal, there is a local guy who will come and take it for free if you contact him and ask him what he can take: Call or Text Elite Scrap Metal at 616.448.8234

    • Gently used clothing/furniture items, you can donate to: Helping Hands Mission Thrift Store, Legacy Thrift Store, Westside Apostolate, all of which serve individuals on the westside. Please only donate during their donation times or during their business hours when they have staff there or it can be considered Illegal Dumping and you could get a citation. Please NO Trash, if you don't want it because it looks bad, they don't either.

    • There are other alternatives too if you need to get trash dumped cheaper, including neighbors going in together to share the cost of renting a dumpster. There are some great companies with reasonable prices for dumpsters, especially if you share the cost with multiple neighbors.